Oh, Jenelle, you were doing so well!
Jenelle Evans has been curating a perfect “wife-and-mother” public persona over the past year or so. She’s been getting her life together, staying off drugs, and fighting hard for custody of her two oldest children, Jace and Kaiser. While Jenelle has never been mother of the year, she’s really seemed to make an effort to put her family first since she announced her third pregnancy in the fall of 2016.
That is, until she posted a string of videos to her Snapchat this weekend that has fans worried that the star might not have changed as much as she wants us to think.
Are you okay?
Fans are worried about Jenelle Evans, and it’s for exactly the reason that you think. The recently engaged mother-of-three has come under fire yet again for her social media activity, and she’s now threatened to delete all of her social media profiles unless fans agree to play nice.
This is far from the first time that Evans has threatened to go dark on her pages — she’s already deleted both the posts that had fans worried and the threats to delete her accounts — but that hasn’t stopped fans from voicing their concerns over the chilling videos she posted to her Snapchat over the weekend.
Old Habits
As longtime fans of the show will recall, Jenelle has struggled with substance abuse over the years. Like many of her fellow Teen Moms who have confronted their addiction problems, Jenelle has fought hard for her sobriety and to change her public image over the years to varying success.
As far as anyone could tell, Evans had really changed, but now her followers are worried that she’s backsliding into her old ways after she posted a string of videos with her longtime friend (and fellow addict) Tori.
Old Friends
Tori Rhyne has been a fixture on Teen Mom for quite a while, as she’s been a close friend of Evans for years, and the pair used to be roommates. Fans noticed that Tori’s presence seemed to contribute to Jenelle’s instability and drug use; the pair seemed to participate in those behaviors together.
Now, Jenelle seems to be spending time with Rhyne once again, and it’s immediately impacted the kind of behavior Evans is willing to share with her fans.
New Controversy
Jenelle, Tori, and David went for a leisurely boating excursion over the weekend and posted most of it to social media… Which had fans asking whether Jenelle was still okay. The videos and photos showed the Teen Mom star slurring her words and showing other tell-tale signs of inebriation, but her boating companion (and the people who weren't around—a.k.a. her children) is what raised eyebrows more than anything.
Here we go...
The videos in question show an apparently intoxicated (I won’t speculate what they were on, since—hey, that’s not my place) Tori and Jenelle messing around on a boat while a seemingly (or relatively) sober David Eason plays babysitter.
Jenelle is not seen doing anything especially concerning, but Tori is another story altogether. Jenelle’s former-roommate can be seen slurring her words, flopping around like she cannot control her body, and jumping into freezing cold water despite the protests of her friends.
Seriously, it all looks really bad — and kind of like a horror movie.
Jenelle Responds
Jenelle, realizing her mistake in posting the videos, quickly deleted them from her Snap story, but not before fans could pull them and post them for everyone to see. Naturally, the videos made their way onto Twitter, and fans have been quick to express concern for the reality star — and a healthy dose of criticism.
What about her kids?
It seems that despite her initial irritation towards fans, the star has realized that many were trying to help. Although some were poking fun, more seemed to be expressing genuine concern for the well-being of the star and her children. Many of them noted that the existence of these videos is likely to complicate her fight for custody of Jace and Kaiser.
And Her Health...
Others expressed concerns that she seemed to be backsliding, as many seem to think that the intoxication they were exhibiting seems to be related to more than just alcohol (again, that’s a call I do not feel comfortable making—binge drinking can be extremely scary, too).
Who knows?
Either way, it’s a PR nightmare for the star and she seems to know it. She’s deleted all the related posts and gone into full "super-mom" mode — total damage control with all related posts removed and replaced with photos of her children or relating to parenting.
Whether there will be any legitimate fallout from the outing and videos remains to be seen. Here's to hoping Jenelle is okay and that this incident doesn't cause her too much trouble.
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